Water Use Associated with Natural Gas Shale Development
Water Use Associated with Natural Gas Shale Development: An Assessment of Activities Managed by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission July 2008 through December 2013 Publication No. 299 April 2016 Authors James L. Richenderfer, Ph.D., P.G., Senior Science Advisor to the Commission Bret Wagner, Database Developer Matthew K. Shank, Aquatic Biologist John Balay, P.H., Manager, Planning and Operations Dawn Hintz, Environmental Scientist/Database Analyst Jeremy Hoffman, Supervisor, Compliance Paula B. Ballaron, P.G., Manager, Policy Implementation and Outreach Steven McFeaters, Environmental Scientist Jeffrey Zimmerman, Jr., GIS Developer Susquehanna River Basin Commission James M. Tierney, New York Commissioner Kenneth P. Lynch, New York. Alternate Peter Freehafer, New York Alternate John Quigley, Pennsylvania Commissioner Kelly Jean Heffner, Pennsylvania Alternate Laura Mohr, Pennsylvania Alternate Ben Grumbles, Maryland Commissioner Saeid Kasraei, Maryland Alternate Virginia Kearney, Maryland Alternate Brig. General William H. Graham, U.S. Commissioner Colonel Edward P. Chamberlayne, U.S. Alternate David J. Leach, U.S. Alternate Amy M. Guise, U.S. Alternate Andrew D. Dehoff, P.E., Executive Director The Susquehanna River Basin Commission was created as an independent agency by a federal-interstate compact* among the states of Maryland and New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the federal government. In creating the Commission, the Congress and state legislatures formally recognized the water resources of the Susquehanna River Basin as a regional asset vested with local, state, and national interests for which all the parties share responsibility. As the single federal-interstate water resources agency with Basinwide authority, the Commission's goal is to coordinate the planning, conservation, management, utilization, development, and control of Basin water resources among the public and private sectors.
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